State and federal law enforcement dismantled a suspected fake I-D ring in West Columbus. Three suspects face criminal charges and possible deportation. Ohio Highway Patrol lieutenant, Chuck Jones, says the patrol and federal immigration agents executed a search warrant on a residence on Norton road after surveiling the address for about a month.

The Justice Department accused Abdi of suggesting a plan to shoot up an unidentified Columbus shopping mall during an August 2002 meeting at a coffee shop with two friends, both of whom were later convicted of terrorism charges.

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November 20, 2012

Nuradin Abdi, the Somali immigrant who federal prosecutors say plotted to attack a Columbus shopping mall in 2002, has been deported to Somalia.